Is democracy as we know it in danger? More and more we confront one another as aggrieved groups rather than as free citizens. Deepening cynicism, the growth of corrosive individualism, statism, and the loss of civil society are warning signs that democracy may be incapable of satisfying the yearnings it itself unleashes -- yearnings for freedom, fairness, and equality.
In her 1993 CBC Massey Lectures, political philosopher Jean Bethke Elshtain delves into these complex issues to evaluate democracy's chances for survival.
Is democracy as we know it in danger? More and more we confront one another as aggrieved groups rather than as free citizens. Deepening cynicism, the growth of corrosive individualism, statism, and the loss of civil society are warning signs that democracy may be incapable of satisfying the yearnings it itself unleashes -- yearnings for freedom, fairness, and equality.
In her 1993 CBC Massey Lectures, political philosopher Jean Bethke Elshtain delves into these complex issues to evaluate democracy's chances for survival.
| Published By | House of Anansi Press Inc — Nov 8, 1993 |
| Specifications | 160 pages | 5.13 in x 8.63 in |
| Keywords | Political; Democracy; Massey Lectures; |
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| Written By | Jean Bethke Elshtain was Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics at the University of Chicago Divinity School, and Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Chair in the Foundations of American Freedom at Georgetown University. |
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| Jean Bethke Elshtain was Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics at the University of Chicago Divinity School, and Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Chair in the Foundations of American Freedom at Georgetown University. |